If you Google the term “skip breakfast,” more than 10 million results turn up, often with information about how eating breakfast is crucial to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Everyone may know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but that doesn’t mean that they’re all scrambling eggs and toasting bread. A recent survey by the NPD Group found that 31 million Americans, about 10 percent of the U.S. population, do not eat breakfast.

A revelatory report released by The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, has stirred controversy in the natural foods marketing arena by highlighting abusive marketing practices by some of the nation’s largest breakfast cereal manufacturers. In some cases, companies such as Kellogg’s, Quaker Oats (PepsiCo), Barbara’s Bakery and Whole Foods Market are selling products contaminated with toxic agrichemicals and Monsanto’s genetically engineered organisms while promoting them as “natural.”

As mega-resorts continue to sprout along much of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastlines, one North Aegean island in Greece is thriving on lower-key, eco-friendly tourism — thanks to the discovery there nearly 30 years ago of one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals.

From edible landscaping in parks to feed the homeless to a locally-funded restaurant that guarantees everyone a meal, we’ve seen plenty of ways that the local food movement is picking up the issue of social justice and fighting hunger too.

Castoro Cellars, founded by the husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen in 1983, is one of Paso Robles’ oldest wineries. What started out as just a few barrels in some rented space has grown into a 25,000-case operation. And it’s all been under one simple mission: dam fine wine!

While at a wildlife conservation expo recently, a friend and I remarked to one another that while the event was fun, the serious downside is that there were a ton of deserving organizations present and we have only so much money to donate. How do organizations get a competitive edge in fundraising? An infographic by Walk Run Ride reveals some clues. This is great information to study in order to make each nonprofit fundraising event as productive as possible.

From bagel dogs, yellowish meatloaf and chicken tenders, which she likened to “squirts of chicken foam,” she ate the lumps on her orange school lunch tray. With spork in hand, her mission was to chronicle the $3 school lunches on her blog going by the pseudonym Mrs. Q. For a year, she shared her observations about the food and how it affected students.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a baby gorilla problem. But theirs is the kind that has poachers capturing the animals out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park at a record rate.

Both the New York Times and Good magazine have noted the plethora of decent food available, including Katz’s deli sandwiches, Pepperidge Farm goldfish, Wolfgang Puck canned soup and energy bars, not to mention the $15 OccuPie pizza made from nearby Liberatos Pizza. The Times speaks to a protester who has gained five pounds since arriving in Zuccotti Park, and who claims he eats better there than at home.

Tyler Shields, most recently in headlines for his controversial “domestic abuse themed” photo shoot with Glee’s Heather Morris, hooked up with Mischa Barton (yep, she’s still around) for a meaty photo shoot in which a topless Barton gnaws away at raw steak.

YouTube user Aceblade uploaded this doozy of a video, where a baby spider nest is stimulated, and the critters absolutely go crazy. It’s nerve-wracking to watch these little guys freak out, and even more eerie to watch them come back together. You can see the 20 minutes of footage condensed into a little under two, below.

About James Lucas

James has been a graphic designer for over 18 years and owns Wave Hound Surf Shop. James started Doylestown Movie Fans, who meet once a month to see movies at the County Theater in Doylestown, PA. He and his wife Chris started Bucks County Vegan Supper Club in 2009, whose members meet once a month to have a vegan potluck dinner. They are currently working through the Veganomicon cookbook, which inspires experienced and recent vegans to try new recipes. James is proud to support Farm Sanctuary and The Surfrider Foundation.